Joan Rivers Not Apologizing for Holocaust Joke On E! Fashion Police

Joan Rivers refusing to apologize for the Holocaust joke she made on the E! Fashion Police review:

I'll admit I was shocked that she made it. But I'm not Jewish, I cannot say she didn't have a right to say it? If that makes sense.
If I were Jewish, personally, I would not have said it, but Joan loves to shock. I remember reading a bio on Richard Pryor released after he burned himself freebasing, and they interviewed Joan. She loved Richard. But she said something I found shocking, considering I had been reading Anne Frank's diary. She said that she could laugh her way out of a concentration camp.

I think the jokes are more tasteless than Joan River's usual tasteless jokes. I personally don't find her to be good at all. If she was a brilliant comic then she wouldn't need to resort to the lowest common denominator for laugh.

Ziggy got it right IMO: I wasn't offended mostly because she is Jewish. And because it's her thing to shock. Le shrug. Perhaps it's my Russian cultural background--we laugh at the most horrible things.

Since PRLady mentioned, "We Saw Your Boobs" is such an earworm! Must be MacFarlane's fine singing.

She was stumbling a lot with her jokes on Fashion Police, actually had to explain one of them after messing up the punchline. I think she's just trying to top herself and go for more shocking comments. But, it's Joan. To her, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

I have seen the preview for Joan's "reality" show and it looks far more scripted than even the most scripted of reality shows. All the scenes were clearly set up and I would even go so far as to say they had actors.

Yes I saw her documentary. What a woman. I love her and if anyone gets offended by Joan (to the point of bringing up how offended they were) they obviously don't know Joan's humour. Personally I get more offended by watching the stupid news readers at Fox.

I am a Jew from Russia, with every member of the family being a victim in one way or the other of WWII, Babii-Yar, Holocaust, and Leningrad Siege... I am fine with this joke, on behalf of my family and other Jews. The more I think and hear about Holocaust and last 3500+ years of Jewish struggle - the better I do in life and the more effort I put into accomplishments.

On the other hand - Poor Heidi.. She is the "good German" who went out of her way to marry every ethnic minority she could find, and the uglier the better...

But on the other hand..... while I think Germany is the best and most functional country in the EU today, I LOVE IT when someone still "sticks it" to the Germans... "You started it!"...

Um, Japanfan, Jennifer Lawrence's and other actresses' reactions were pre-taped. As in, they were in on the joke. And Jennifer Lawrence pumped her fist, not shook it.

This is what she had to say about the song:

At least one person found the humor in MacFarlane's opening skit: Best Actress in a Leading Role winner Jennifer Lawrence, 22. "I loved the boob song," the Silver Linings Playbook star told reporters after her big win. "I thought [Seth MacFarlane] was great!"

Ziggy got it right IMO: I wasn't offended mostly because she is Jewish. And because it's her thing to shock. Le shrug. Perhaps it's my Russian cultural background--we laugh at the most horrible things.

Since PRLady mentioned, "We Saw Your Boobs" is such an earworm! Must be MacFarlane's fine singing.

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I found it tacky even from Joan, but I blame that on my being Russian and Jewish.

I appreciate much of what Rivers has done and the doors she opened, but I don't offer her a free pass.

Do you also think a black person in the USA has the "right" to use the n-word "because they're black"?

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They don't. Being a black person myself, I cringe when I hear other blacks use the word. But no one is off the hook for using it, even if they hear "other blacks" saying the word.

I guess Joan has always shocked people. Thank God they didn't let her use that Michelle Obama joke. I also remember her getting booed for making jokes about Karen Carpenter after she died.

I briefly dated one of Melissa's professors at UofP. He said she was a nasty piece of work - very bitter, slightly paranoid and was quite angry at Edgar for killing himself. But some of the funniest comedians are not pleasant people to deal with when the cameras are off. Joan's not really much different.

I used to like Joan Rivers. I found her edgy humour funny and I share her interest in jewellery, particularly its history. I watched the Fashion Police show and found her humour very stale. If you want edgy, Tinami Amori's comment on Heidi Klum fits the bill! Joan should have taken that joke! I found there was very little to laugh at during either Joan's show or the Academy Awards. The so-called "humour" was, to me, just nasty snark. Sadly, that is what passes for humour in our culture these days. There is no way that Ellen D. could host the Oscars again; her humour would be considered boring because she doesn't bash people. I'm so grateful for Big Bang Theory and 30 Rock where the humour is more sophisticated.

Joan's show or the Academy Awards. The so-called "humour" was, to me, just nasty snark. Sadly, that is what passes for humour in our culture these days.

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A lot of Joan's "jokes" should be classified as bullying by today's standard of what constitute bullying, but because she's a comedienne she get a pass for it. Her brand of humor is all about being nasty and mean-spirited. Anyone today can get onto the stage and get laugh by simply uttering the F word.